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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leftover |
| Synonyms: | balance, continuing, enduring, extra, lingering, net, remaining, surplus, unconsumed, unused, vestigal |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | left |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
| Synonyms: | continuing, departed, extra, forsaken, gone out, leftover, marooned, over, remaining, residual, split, staying |
| Main Entry: | leftover |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remaining, excess |
| Synonyms: | extra, residual, surplus, unconsumed, uneaten, untouched, unused, unwanted |
| Antonyms: | core, main, principle |
| Main Entry: | remnant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, bit, dregs, dross, end, end piece, excess, fragment, hangover, heel, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remains, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, scrap, shred, strip, surplus, survival, vestige |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | residue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, debris, dregs, dross, excess, extra, garbage, heel, junk, leavings, leftovers, orts, parings, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residuum, rest, scourings, scraps, scum, sewage, shavings, silt, slag, surplus, trash |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder of something |
| Synonyms: | balance, bottom of barrel, dregs, dross, excess, heel, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, others, overplus, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residum, rump, superfluity, surplus |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | remaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surplus |
| Synonyms: | extra, left, leftover, lingering, outstanding, residual, spare, surviving, unused, vestigial |
| Main Entry: | surviving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continuing on |
| Synonyms: | extant, remaining, residual, vestigial |
| Main Entry: | consequences |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result |
| Synonyms: | consecution, contrecoup, corollary, emanation, importance, ramification, residual, residue, residuum, sequela, weight |
| Antonyms: | causes |
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